The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde By Walter Houghton

Walter Houghton does not reference the book The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde directly, but he does make some compelling comments about the historical background in which the book was written. Hypocrisy which can be defined as the creating of a false appearance while pretending to act like something or someone else. This was very common in Victorian England according to Houghton as people tried “at times to pretend to be better than he is” (Houghton.147). Furthermore, Houghton explains to the reader that people pretended that the “ugly” and “unpleasant” events were often left behind as people refused to think of it. Throughout England public opinion was important to people, thus “permeating influence” which constantly affected people's